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| − | ...to | + | I worked hard to clear an hour of my day to take a trip, then jumped in my (new) electric car and set off towards the hashpoint. As I passed Newbridge I briefly considered stopping and checking up on [https://danq.me/geo/sunken-bunker/ my geocache there] but feeling pressed for time I decided to push on. I parked in the lay-by where GC5XHJG is apparently hidden but [https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=e7bec7ce-0512-4c03-b746-10c895389cd0 couldn't find it]: I didn't search for long because the farmer in the adjacent field was watching me with suspicion and I figured that anyway I could hunt for it on the way back. |
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| + | Walking along the A338 was treacherous! There are no paths, only a verge covered in thick grass and spiky plants, and a significant number of the larger vehicles (and virtually all of the motorbikes) didn't seem to be obeying the 60mph speed limit! | ||
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| + | Reaching the gate, I crawled under (reckoning that it's probably there to stop vehicles and not humans) and wandered along the lane. I saw a red kite and a heron doing their thing before I reached the bridge, crossed Letcombe Brook, and followed the edge of the field. Stuffing my face with blackberries as I went, it wasn't long before I reached the hashpoint on one edge of the field. | ||
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| + | I took a short-cut back before realising that this would put me in the wrong place to leave a The Internet Was Here sign, so I doubled-back to place it on the gate I'd crawled under. Then I returned to the lay-by, where another car had just pulled up (right over the GZ of the geocache I'd hoped to find!) and didn't seem to be going anywhere. Sadly I couldn't wait around all day - I had work to do! - so I went home, following the satnav in the car in a route that resulted in a figure-of-eight tracklog. | ||
== Tracklog == | == Tracklog == | ||
| − | ... | + | My GPS keeps a tracklog. Here you go: |
| − | + | * [[File:Track GH 2020-09-09 51 -1.gpx|Track GH 2020-09-09 51 -1.gpx]] | |
| + | [[File:Gh-2020-09-09-51--1-map.jpg|frameless]] | ||
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| + | == Video == | ||
| + | <youtube>https://youtu.be/VvtyOXw2s0c</youtube> | ||
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| + | Also available on: | ||
| + | * [https://tube.danq.me/videos/watch/5b332f7d-85cb-4eff-b5de-b387a86bfd0b QTube] | ||
| + | * [https://youtu.be/VvtyOXw2s0c YouTube] | ||
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| + | Image:2020-09-09 51 -1 silly grin.jpg | Look, I made it! | ||
| + | Image:2020-09-09-51---1 R0010081 20200909100119.JPG | Panoramic (360°)) photo of the hashpoint, silly grin included | ||
| + | Image:2020-09-09 51 -1 the internet was here.jpg | The Internet Was Here | ||
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== Achievements == | == Achievements == | ||
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| + | | icon = Electric_car.png | ||
| + | | latitude = 51 | ||
| + | | longitude = -1 | ||
| + | | date = 2020-09-09 | ||
| + | | achievement = Electric Vehicle Achievement | ||
| + | | description = travelling to and from the Geohash in an electric vehicle | ||
| + | | name = DanQ | ||
| + | | image = 2014_08_14_-43_172_5_Eco_power.JPG | ||
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Location
Edge of a field bounded by Letcombe Brook, over the A338 from Landmead Solar Farm.
Participants
Plans
We're discussing the possibility of a Subdivision geohash achievement for people who've reached every "X in a Y", and Fippe pointed out that I'm only a hash in the Vale of White Horse from being able to claim such an achievement for Oxfordshire's regions. And then this hashpoint appears right in the Vale of White Horse: it's like it's an omen!
Technically it's a workday so this might have to be a lunchtime expedition, but I think that might be workable. I've got an electric vehicle with a hundred-and-something miles worth of batteries in the tank and it looks like there might be a lay-by nearby the hashpoint (with a geocache in it!): I can drive down there at lunchtime, walk carefully back up the main road, and try to get to the hashpoint!
Expedition
I worked hard to clear an hour of my day to take a trip, then jumped in my (new) electric car and set off towards the hashpoint. As I passed Newbridge I briefly considered stopping and checking up on my geocache there but feeling pressed for time I decided to push on. I parked in the lay-by where GC5XHJG is apparently hidden but couldn't find it: I didn't search for long because the farmer in the adjacent field was watching me with suspicion and I figured that anyway I could hunt for it on the way back.
Walking along the A338 was treacherous! There are no paths, only a verge covered in thick grass and spiky plants, and a significant number of the larger vehicles (and virtually all of the motorbikes) didn't seem to be obeying the 60mph speed limit!
Reaching the gate, I crawled under (reckoning that it's probably there to stop vehicles and not humans) and wandered along the lane. I saw a red kite and a heron doing their thing before I reached the bridge, crossed Letcombe Brook, and followed the edge of the field. Stuffing my face with blackberries as I went, it wasn't long before I reached the hashpoint on one edge of the field.
I took a short-cut back before realising that this would put me in the wrong place to leave a The Internet Was Here sign, so I doubled-back to place it on the gate I'd crawled under. Then I returned to the lay-by, where another car had just pulled up (right over the GZ of the geocache I'd hoped to find!) and didn't seem to be going anywhere. Sadly I couldn't wait around all day - I had work to do! - so I went home, following the satnav in the car in a route that resulted in a figure-of-eight tracklog.
Tracklog
My GPS keeps a tracklog. Here you go:
Video
Also available on:
Photos
Look, I made it!
Panoramic (360°)) photo of the hashpoint, silly grin included
The Internet Was Here
Achievements
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DanQ earned the Electric Vehicle Achievement
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(I'm totally claiming the Subdivision geohash achievement once it's confirmed, too...)
